/******************************************************************************
 * Compilation:  javac Knuth.java
 * Execution:    java Knuth < list.txt
 * Dependencies: StdIn.java StdOut.java
 * Data files:   http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/11model/cards.txt
 * http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/11model/cardsUnicode.txt
 * <p/>
 * Reads in a list of strings and prints them in random order.
 * The Knuth (or Fisher-Yates) shuffling algorithm guarantees
 * to rearrange the elements in uniformly random order, under
 * the assumption that Math.random() generates independent and
 * uniformly distributed numbers between 0 and 1.
 * <p/>
 * % more cards.txt
 * 2C 3C 4C 5C 6C 7C 8C 9C 10C JC QC KC AC
 * 2D 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 8D 9D 10D JD QD KD AD
 * 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H JH QH KH AH
 * 2S 3S 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 9S 10S JS QS KS AS
 * <p/>
 * % java Knuth < cards.txt
 * 6H
 * 9C
 * 8H
 * 7C
 * JS
 * ...
 * KH
 * <p/>
 * % more cardsUnicode.txt
 * 2♣ 3♣ 4♣ 5♣ 6♣ 7♣ 8♣ 9♣ 10♣ J♣ Q♣ K♣ A♣
 * 2♦ 3♦ 4♦ 5♦ 6♦ 7♦ 8♦ 9♦ 10♦ J♦ Q♦ K♦ A♦
 * 2♥ 3♥ 4♥ 5♥ 6♥ 7♥ 8♥ 9♥ 10♥ J♥ Q♥ K♥ A♥
 * 2♠ 3♠ 4♠ 5♠ 6♠ 7♠ 8♠ 9♠ 10♠ J♠ Q♠ K♠ A♠
 * <p/>
 * % java Knuth < cardsUnicode.txt
 * 2♠
 * K♥
 * 6♥
 * 5♣
 * J♣
 * ...
 * A♦
 ******************************************************************************/

package edu.princeton.cs.algs4;

/**
 *  The <tt>Knuth</tt> class provides a client for reading in a 
 *  sequence of strings and <em>shuffling</em> them using the Knuth (or Fisher-Yates)
 *  shuffling algorithm. This algorithm guarantees to rearrange the
 *  elements in uniformly random order, under
 *  the assumption that Math.random() generates independent and
 *  uniformly distributed numbers between 0 and 1.
 *  <p>
 *  For additional documentation, see <a href="http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/11model">Section 1.1</a> of
 *  <i>Algorithms, 4th Edition</i> by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.
 *
 *  @author Robert Sedgewick
 *  @author Kevin Wayne
 */
public class Knuth {

    // this class should not be instantiated
    private Knuth() {
    }

    /**
     * Rearranges an array of objects in uniformly random order
     * (under the assumption that <tt>Math.random()</tt> generates independent
     * and uniformly distributed numbers between 0 and 1).
     * @param a the array to be shuffled
     * @see StdRandom
     */
    public static void shuffle(Object[] a) {
        int N = a.length;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            // choose index uniformly in [i, N-1]
            int r = i + (int) (Math.random() * (N - i));
            Object swap = a[r];
            a[r] = a[i];
            a[i] = swap;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Reads in a sequence of strings from standard input, shuffles
     * them, and prints out the results.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // read in the data
        String[] a = StdIn.readAllStrings();

        // shuffle the array
        Knuth.shuffle(a);

        // print results.
        for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
            StdOut.println(a[i]);
    }
}

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 *
 *      Algorithms, 4th edition by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne,
 *      Addison-Wesley Professional, 2011, ISBN 0-321-57351-X.
 *      http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu
 *
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